Popular Post Ralf11 Posted August 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2019 23 hours ago, wgscott said: Dead, obsolete technology. ...which of course makes it the perfect 'Audiophile' topic tmtomh, fiske, lucretius and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
Popular Post Ralf11 Posted August 31, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2019 to be fair, there should also be an 8-track forum tho I'd prefer one on cassettes wgscott and lucretius 2 Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 “What is the most AR-sounding modern turntable?” Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 4 hours ago, Norton said: Very on trend. We will be expecting pics of your Nakamichi Dragon in the new forum (unless, of course, you were not being entirely serious...) I always wanted one - and wanted the 1000 before that, but went thru the 550 portable, some others and wound up with a 680zx which I still have. I 'need' to get it working but life intervenes. I have a half dozen tapes not available on digital I'd like to do needle drops on. Unh... I mean tape to head presses, not needle drops. Norton 1 Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 The first thread in a vinyl forum should be what recordings are only available on vinyl, and I have a list. Also, what recordings are done better on vinyl than on digital - I do not have a list for that one. Teresa 1 Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 pick a Rega or VPi in your price range - if not the best performance/$$ then they will be very close if you play music loud, or have wood floors, then sand box it, but BEST is to put it in a different room or rip at low SPL a cover on while playing helps high quality phono stage (Audio Research - used) and everything else... DONE Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 ok, how about a FLight log of the titles? Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 12 hours ago, sandyk said: using something like Headphones for this purpose. DUH ! It would appear that you have never thought of the FACT that low SPL includes headphones. DUH!!! OR do you have some monster headphones that blow out your ganglia??? Link to comment
Popular Post Ralf11 Posted September 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2019 1 hour ago, TubeLover said: The trendoid based Millennials with $250.00, all in one record players in a box, who are the only element responsible for the still, relatively small, vinyl sales increases, don't really exist in on these forums. What would be the point? JC The pint is that it would allow people who don't understand digital audio to argue about an analog source infinitum AudioDoctor and wgscott 2 Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 The anti audiophile posters are ones who love vinyl, because they are tweekers wgscott 1 Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 A Master Tape forum? A forum where alternative releases were listed and discussed would have some merit - any analog format that sounds better than readily available digital releases, or not available on digital. Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 you are confusing what a DBT is - it is a method to control for irrelevant factors in subjective reports Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 6 minutes ago, SJK said: what got us to where we are today. Yes, Tape! We need a tape forum. wgscott 1 Link to comment
Popular Post Ralf11 Posted September 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2019 https://www.electronicbeats.net/the-feed/collecting-vinyl-actually-terrible-environment/ wgscott and Teresa 2 Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 if there is an Analog forum, it should be called "Spit Out Your Bits" AudioDoctor 1 Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Rt66indierock said: I was state of the art in the day with a Kenwood direct drive base, Aluminum Infinity Black Widow tone arm Stanton 681EEE made in New York. Then a Technics SL-1200 so the kids could use it. So spare me I was around James Russell who understood the limitations of the LP in the sixties. And did something about it. well, crap! I only had a Stanton 681EE. You're an E up on me Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Yes, a "positive discussion" without anyone contradicting a poster's random notions with facts is what we need, and vinyl is the perfect dinner plate on which to serve up the mounds of BS. wgscott 1 Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 http://www.safemarkets.org/toxic-chemicals-in-products/pvc/vinyl-the-poison-plastic Teresa 1 Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 46 minutes ago, John Dyson said: You are overlooking the point of missing DolbyA decoding on digital material (I might be misinterpreting that you arent). I can give 100's of examples (literally) that are still DolbyA encoded. Even without the original master tapes, I can do an incredibly plausible job of producing the orignal vinyl quality (minus the vinyl distortion.) It is CORRECT playback that a lot of material from the 1960's through the 1980's show excess HF compression and/or at least a slightly shrill sound (because of the compression, subsequent EQ to correct.) Sure, there are lots of people who are used to 'shrill' -- because almost every normal digital release of 1960s through 1980's material is so distorted (please refer to the historical complaints of 'harsh digital sound', and 'poor stereo image'): Answer DolbyA decode the darned material. I am amazed that it has taken 30yrs to figure it out (I had determined the solution in about 2012.) John John, if you have a list readily available, it would be a great OP on a new thread... Link to comment
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